Stereotyping functions as a starting baseline for updating trust estimates
Evidence
One reason for stereotyping people is to set a baseline estimate of their trustworthiness in order to get the analysis and its revision of information under way. — Russell Hardin, Trust and Trustworthiness, 566
Categorization
Category: Causal Relationships
- DEFINE: Offers a functional, information-theoretic account of stereotyping as a Bayesian prior rather than mere prejudice.
Related
- Trustworthiness beliefs are updated through a Bayesian-style learning process. (similarity 0.81)
- Stereotypes form, stabilize, and change through communication, not just individual cognition. (similarity 0.79)
- Stereotypes persist both from cognitive limits and from identity-serving motivations. (similarity 0.79)
- Stereotypes shape perception, memory, judgment, and even elicit confirming behavior (similarity 0.78)
- Stereotypes elicit confirming behavior and perpetuate the status quo (similarity 0.78)
- Stereotypes survive only when perceivers have spare cognitive resources (similarity 0.78)